Geometry and atmosphere : theatre buildings from vision to reality /: theatre buildings from vision to reality. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: C. Alan Short, Peter Barrett, Alistair Fair ; with Monty Sutrisna, Giorgos Artopoulos.
• Other Names: Short, C. Alan (Charles Alan), 1955-; Barrett, Peter (Peter Stephen), 1957-; Fair, Alistair
• Contents: Contents: Foreword; Introduction, Alan Short and Alistair Fair; 'Almost as important as jobs, housing and education': the context of the publicly funded arts in Britain, Alistair Fair; 'A means of unlocking future opportunity': The Lowry, Salford, Alan Short; 'Defining the essence of the organization through architecture' Contact Theatre, Manchester, Alan Short; 'An exercise in knowing abstemiousness': Poole Arts Centre - 'The Lighthouse', Alan Short and Peter Barrett; 'Making something extraordinary'; Belgrade II, Coventry, Alistair Fair; 'Turn the theatre inside out': Curve, Leicester, Alan Short; 'So fabulously theatrical you can almost chew on it': Hackney Empire, Alan Short and Alistair Fair; 'Many a theatrical scheme has come to grief because it put bricks and mortar before drama': some familiar issues, 1926-1996, Alistair Fair; An architect's photographic view: the design and life of the theatres, Giorgos Artopoulos; Emerging themes, Peter Barrett and Monty Sutrisna; The internal dynamics of the projects, Peter Barrett and Monty Sutrisna; Conclusions, The Research Team; Select bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (294 pages)
• Subjects: 725.8220942; Theater architecture
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351934091; 1351934090
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.